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Max’s world is a lot darker.
But her friends won’t let her get lost in it.
(Collections of moments of Max and her supportive group of loved ones).
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She was normal and all covered in freckle-skin and everything she should be until she wasn't. Until her head took over and said don't you want to be sharp and don't you want to open it all up in front of everything? Don't you want to take your teeth to your soft spot and let it all spill out across the ground?
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(everything i tried to be) just wouldn't settle in by auteureatheart
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Aug 2025
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He raises a lighter to the unlit cylinder clenched between his teeth, cupping the flame with his hand. “You got any, uh, tests for word blindness?” he asks, taking a long drag from the cigarette.
“Dyslexia?”
Hopper stares at him blankly. “Dunno’ what that means, but I’m gonna go with yes.”
Owens furrows his brow, as he watches the man blow out a puff of smoke.
Hopper seems to understand the look. “Not me.” He juts his chin out in the direction of the chair.
“Oh” is all that comes out. Because Steve Harrington and dyslexia are not something he ever thought he’d hear about together.
or: five times sam owens diagnoses a party member + one time he can't
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Max Mayfield is tired. Of her legs. Of the silence in hospital rooms. Of the routine she can now confidently measure her days by — one Steve Harrington-shaped constant at a time. But when the ghosts wake up and she’s leaning on more than just his shoulder, Max may find herself pulled into the rhythm of something that feels a little like living again.
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Max wakes up every day in a perfect world, where everything is peaceful. And every day, she notices small cracks in the perfect world.
She keeps seeing someone in her dreams, keeps humming a strange, unfamiliar song.
And then, someone's little sister stands right in front of her in this strange world, pulling her out of this haze.
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Max Mayfield didn't come to Family Video looking for anything in particular. But a Red Vine, a hiding place, and an unexpected conversation with Robin Buckley just might give her what she didn't know she needed.
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[podfic] meet me in the middle (of the parking lot) by MadMikePods (MadMikeWheeler)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jun 2025
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Max tries to teach Mike Wheeler how to skateboard and get him to be her friend, to varying degrees of success.
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With the roar of the fire, my heart rose to its feet by RuniRuna
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jun 2025
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In the uncertain landscape of 1985, danger lurks around every corner. Determined to protect those she holds dear, Beth clings to rigid rules and self-restraint, yet a growing realization tugs at her—that true progress may require ceding control, at least in matters of the heart. Meanwhile, Billy finds his purpose and desires shifting as he grapples with the consequences of his past choices.
Sequel to 'we're running with the shadows.' This is the third story in the 'Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow' series.
Fic completed as of 3rd of June 2025. Sequel and final installment arriving at the end of September! No hiatus, just multiple chapters being completed ahead.Series
- Part 4 of yesterday, today, tomorrow
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I've had this in my head since season 4 came out. I'm hoping someone can pick up this story idea and run wild with it.
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Now, as she listed off names, Max braced herself for the absolute worst.
And then–
"Max Mayfield and Carrie Perkins."
Max froze.
Carrie. Fucking. Perkins.
As in Perkins. As in the sister of Carol Perkins. The mean girl of all mean girls.
As in why the hell was she smiling right now?
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A Lonely Girl's Prayer for Justice by SarahManning19
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Daredevil (TV)
27 Mar 2025
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"Max listened to the hum of the city below her, pulsating beneath her feet. She could hear an arguing couple two blocks away, she could smell the street food from the vendor on 39th, and she could feel the rain slowly permeating the part of her face exposed under her mask. When she stood here, she often felt as though she and the city became one for a brief, if fleeting, moment. If she really concentrated, it was like her entire life melted away around her and she fused with the energy of the streets below. She was in the lights that illuminated the corner of 52nd street, she was in the breeze that wafted through the park on 10th Ave, she was in the tracks of the subway that rhythmically thundered under the stress of the carriages travelling along its lengths. She was everywhere and she was everything, and if only for that one moment she could be at peace, then she was okay with that. Because while her sight was gone, her other senses now ensured that no one could hide from her justice. The nuns used to say, "The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away", and she was inclined to agree. After all, There are other ways to see..."
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The "Max is Daredevil" fic that no one asked for.
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its not that bad (anything to make me feel less numb) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Mar 2025
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max didn't think it had gotten that bad, it hadn't in her eyes at least.
and its fine until a familiar boy she wanted to forget tries to come for a chator
i had an idea at 1am a few weeks ago and just went with it
(this is my first ever real posted fic so don't judge it by how badly tagged and summarised it is.)
READ THIS BEFORE READING!!!!!
(work is abandoned for now since 20/05/25 and put under anonymous as irls found my Ao3. uh oh!)
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Trials and Tribulations of Having to Pee while Depressed by mermaidmotel333
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jan 2025
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Eat in, chicken.
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We Got Off On The Wrong Foot (How On Earth Do We Get On The Right One?) by BewitchingNotes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Dec 2024
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The moment Max saw whose name she pulled for Secret Santa, she knew she was screwed.
The little piece of paper stared back at her tauntingly, and she couldn't help making a face.
Mike.
OR: A few days after the Snowball, the Party decides to do Secret Santa, which Max was completely on board with until she pulled Mike's name.
But maybe, just maybe, as Max struggles all week to figure out what to get him, she'll learn he's not as big of a jerk as she'd grown to believe.
OR OR: Mike is a good guy, Max just got a really bad first impression.
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Max Mayfield teaches Lucas Sinclair how to skateboard after much begging. He thought it would be easy but turns out it a lot harder than it looks.
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- Part 4 of Stranger Things watch-it series.
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As 1984 winds down, Billy Hargrove thinks that surviving the Mind Flayer may have been his real punishment. Elizabeth Stirling's walls are in tatters. And everyone around them is doing their best to keep them from spiraling while navigating a normal life they no longer fit into properly.
It is an intermezzo story depicting the immediate aftermath of the events at the end of the 'finest Steel' and the following weeks before the series's main sequel takes place. COMPLETE.
Sequel: it is now up and ongoing.
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- Part 3 of yesterday, today, tomorrow
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Without a little agony, none of us would bother to learn a thing. Character is not made of sunshine and roses. Like steel, it is forged in fire, between the hammer and the anvil.
Or, in one of the infinite possible alternative versions of the same world, everyone's story looks a little different as a result of several characters' paths colliding in a small but strange town like Hawkins.
Or, Steve Harrington discovers he's not, in fact, bullshit. Nancy Wheeler decides what kind of woman she'd like to be. Jonathan Byers realizes he's more than the sum of his responsibilities as an elder sibling. Jim Hopper gets more out of the parenthood experience than he'd ever expected and Joyce finds peace within chaos. The Party learns the passage into adulthood may be more troublesome than end-of-world-level threats. Billy Hargrove crosses paths with a harbinger ready to judge him for his sins, and in the process, he must face his abyss before there's any hope for his redemption. Elizabeth Stirling learns that a soldier needs to look back to remember what they're moving forward for.
And they'll all understand that there's always a bigger threat to worry about.
Sequel is now up.
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- Part 2 of yesterday, today, tomorrow
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After the summer of 1984, Hawkins was safe, the gate was closed and no more upside down. Everyone was happy. Everyone but Max, El notices.
She’s determined to make sure Max is okay.
No matter how much Max pushes her away.
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set after season 3, season 4 never happens, hopper lives.
(originally called we dont talk anymore and its killing me)
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and you had to go, i know, i know, i know by magnificentmango
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Sep 2024
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“He wishes more than anything that he would’ve pushed harder to change the plan, to convince Max that this plan was a total death sentence. He wishes he didn’t feel so totally useless right now”.
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(one shot based on Lucas Sinclair’s thoughts from moments before max’s “death” to when they arrive at the hospital)
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Home Doesn't Always Mean Safety, But Maybe With You It Can? by KaraLena90
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Aug 2024
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A Max Centric AU Storyline. Pretty much cannon up till the end of season two then very much in its own world.
The fall out for Max after the season two final is a lot worse than anyone could have imagined, not everyone's home is one of safety and sometimes the toughest people are the ones struggling the most. Can anyone help Max before its too late?
Trigger Warning for heavy abuse from chapter one onwards.
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Strangely it was Jonathan that noticed first months ago, by watching from a distance when picking up Will, or dropping him off. Noticing the small concealed flinches, or tense shoulders whenever someone was too close, too loud, had a hand held too high.
Will was next, likely due to Jonathan probing him, questioning about who the red headed girl that was now hanging around with them was.
She was truly thankful to them both now.